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Katie McMorris

Katie McMorris

PhD Student, Creative Writing - Poetry

Address: 4th Floor Morrill Hall (410-50)
E-mail: katie.mcmorris@okstate.edu
Website: katiemcmorris.com
 

MFA, English – Creative Writing, Purdue University

BA, English, Hope College

 

Areas of Interest & Expertise
  • Poetry

  • Dance

  • Victorian Literature

  • Critical Theory

Recent Courses Taught
  • ENGL 1113: Composition 1

  • ENGL 1213: Composition 2

  • ENGL 2513: Introduction to Creative Writing

Selected Publications
  • “Oscines.” Passages North, Issue 44, February 2023, Print.

  • “Remnants.” Gulf Coast, Issue 35.2 (Online Exclusive), February 2023, Web.

  • “The Reincarnation Museum.” Spoon River Poetry Review, issue 47.2, December 2022, Print.

  • “In the Forest of Discarded Grocery Store Ponies” & “I Want to Fall in Love (in a Fabric Store).” the minnesota review, Issue 99, November 2022. Print.

  • “Big Bird Rides the Challenger” & “When a Stranger Says My Arm Hair is Dark Enough.” The Pinch, Issue 42.2, October 2022, Print.

  • “Poem in Which Our Bodies are Not Temples.” The Indianapolis Review, Issue 20, July 2022. Web.

  • “Whenever I Mention Dropping Everything and Becoming a Farmer on a Remote Island.” The Arkansas International, Issue 12, May 2022, Print and Web.

  • “After Another Visit with the Pain Specialist.” The Rupture, Issue 117, February 2022, Web.

  • “Firth Date with the Asteroid that Killed the Dinosaur.” Booth, Issue 16, January 2022, Print.

  • “Allowing Your House Ghosts to Steal Your Loafers” & “cannibal ant from special object 3003.” The Shore, Issue 11, September 2020, Web.

  • “How to Love Someone at the Bottom of the Ocean.” org, September 2021, Web.

  • “Diptych: A Mr. Seven Hands Screwdriver and an Octopus Open up about Their Relationship.” Longleaf Review, September 2021, Web.

  • “Any of Various Bases or Parts.” Quarterly West, Issue 94, June 2018, Web.

Professional Appointments
  • Poetry Reader, Longleaf Review, Spring 2023 – present

  • Multimodal Satellite Supervisor, Oklahoma State University Writing Center, Fall 2022 – present

  • Writing Consultant, Oklahoma State University Writing Center, Spring 2022 – present

  • President, Oklahoma State University Creative Writers Association, Fall 2022 – Spring 2023

  • Editorial Assistant, Cimmaron Review, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022

  • Poetry Reader, Sycamore Review, Spring 2021

  • Visiting Writers Series Coordinator, Purdue University Creative Writing Program, Fall 2019 – Spring 2021

  • Content Developer, Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab), Fall 2018 – Spring 2020

Awards and Recognition
  • Marye Lynn Cummings Scholarship in Creative Writing – Poetry, Oklahoma State University, Spring 2023

  • Marye Lynn Cummings Scholarship in Creative Writing – Creative Nonfiction, Oklahoma State University, Spring 2023

  • Third place, Marye Lynn Cummings Scholarship in Creative Writing – Fiction, Oklahoma State University, Spring 2023

  • Second place, Academy of American Poets Universities and Colleges Prize, Oklahoma State University, Spring 2023

  • Best of the Net Prize Finalist (nominated by The Arkansas International), Spring 2023

  • Pushcart Prize Nominee, The Pinch, Fall 2022

  • Pushcart Prize Nominee, Longleaf Review, Fall 2021

  • Thomas H. Scholl and Elizabeth Boyd Thompson Poetry Prize (Academy of American Poets Universities and Colleges Prize), Purdue University, Spring 2021

  • Second place, Kneale Award for Literary Criticism, Purdue University, Spring 2021

  • Department of Anthropology Award, Purdue University, Spring 2021

  • Honorable Mention, AWP Intro Journals Award, Spring 2021

  • Quintilian Award, Purdue University, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Summer 2020

  • Visual and Performing Art Award, Purdue University, Spring 2020

  • Promise Grant, Purdue University, Spring 2020

  • Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Purdue University, Fall 2019, Fall 2020

  • Jennifer Young Award in Creative Writing and Literature, Hope College, Spring 2017

  • William B. Eerdmans Prize in Prose, Hope College, Spring 2016

  • Erika Brubaker Award for Promising Achievements in the Study of Literature, Hope College, Spring 2016

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